Free Derry Tours
Our standard tour explains the long term origins of the conflict and the chronology of events over the last forty years. Subjects include:
The plantation of Ulster and creation of the walled city of Derry
Partition and the creation of the Northern Ireland state
Gerrymandering and discrimination in Derry
The emergence of the civil rights movement
The outbreak of the Troubles in 1968
Burntollet and the first phase of free Derry
The death of Sammy Devenney
The Battle of the Bogside and arrival of the British army
The second phase of Free Derry
The emergence of the IRA
Internment and the third phase of Free Derry
Bloody Sunday
Operation Motorman
The long war
The 1980-81 Hunger Strikes
The rise of Sinn Fein and the peace process
All tours depart daily from the Museum of Free Derry, Glenfada Park (www.museumoffreederry.org ) at 10am and 2pm. Advanced booking is required for weekend tours.
Other times by arrangement.
Tours open to groups and individuals.
2010 prices: £5 adult/£4 concessionary
Joint tour/museum ticket: £6 adult/£5 concessionary
Group rates on request